I mean, you don't even talk directly to lawyers, it's the managers telling you that "this underwent legal review". What are you going to do, say "no it didn't"? Maybe it did. Maybe they did say it was ok.
If you have your direct manager outright lying to you and you're indeed not absolutely certain about the legal situation yourself, yeah that's a tough situation. I don't readily have advice in that case, aside from 'shit manager, might want to consider leaving' (which is obviously only possible in luxury positions).
